Masami Teraoka

Los Angeles Sushi Ghost Tales/Fish Woman and the Artist I
1979

A traditional Japanese woodblock print depicting a dramatic scene with two main figures: on the left, a man with a pale face and long black hair, wearing a dark kimono and holding a small round object to his mouth, and on the right, a warrior-like figure with a red face and elaborate traditional attire, seemingly in the midst of a fierce battle or performance, with flames and smoke around him. The background features stylized waves and clouds, and there is Japanese text and seals in the composition, suggesting a narrative or theatrical context.
A traditional Japanese woodblock print depicting a dramatic scene with two main figures: on the left, a man with a pale face and long black hair, wearing a dark kimono and holding a small round object to his mouth, and on the right, a warrior-like figure with a red face and elaborate traditional attire, seemingly in the midst of a fierce battle or performance, with flames and smoke around him. The background features stylized waves and clouds, and there is Japanese text and seals in the composition, suggesting a narrative or theatrical context.

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Date
1979

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Watercolor on paper

Dimensions
Sheet (sight): 13 1/4 × 55 1/8in. (33.7 × 140 cm)

Accession number
2019.481

Series
Los Angeles Sushi Ghost Tales

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Brian Pawlowski in honor of the 40th anniversary of Masami Teraoka’s 1979 solo exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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